And thouhast put them on thy neck, and hastsentthemunto the king of Edom, and unto the king of Moab, and unto the king of the sons of Ammon, and unto the king of Tyre, and unto the king of Zidon, by the hand of messengers who are coming in to Jerusalem, untoZedekiahking of Judah;

Thus do ye say untoyourlords, I — I havemade the earthwith man, and the cattlethat [are] on the face of the earth, by My greatpower, and by My stretched-out arm, and I havegiven it to whom it hathbeenright in Mineeyes.

And it hathcome to pass, the nation and the kingdomthat do not serve him — Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon — and thatwhichputteth not its neckinto the yoke of the king of Babylon, withsword, and withfamine, and withpestilence, I lay a charge on thatnation — an affirmation of Jehovah — till I consumethem by his hand.

`And ye, ye do not hearkenuntoyourprophets, and untoyourdiviners, and untoyourdreamers, and untoyourobservers of clouds, and untoyoursorcerers who are speakingunto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, —

And unto the priests, and unto all thispeople, I havespoken, saying, `ThussaidJehovah, Ye do not hearkenunto the words of yourprophets, who are prophesying to you, saying, Lo, the vessels of the house of Jehovah are broughtbackfromBabylon now in haste, for falsehoodthey are prophesying to you.

`And, if they be prophets, and if a word of Jehovah be withthem, let themintercede, I pray you, withJehovah of Hosts, so that the vesselsthat are left in the house of Jehovah, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, have not goneintoBabylon.